frugivore
\fʁy.ʒi.vɔʁ\
The verdict
“frugivore” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se nourrit de fruits, de végétaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-frugivore · frugivore · French
frugivore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frugivore |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁy.ʒi.vɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
frugivore is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁy.ʒi.vɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se nourrit de fruits, de végétaux.".
frugivore doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is frugivore, spelled F-R-U-G-I-V-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se nourrit de fruits, de végétaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frugivore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Splendide spécimen d’anthropoïde frugivore dolichocéphale!
Les animaux frugivores.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.